本课程将理论知识与临床实践相结合，您将从一开始就获得动手经验。所有候选人都必须在语音和语言治疗师或有沟通障碍的客户（无论儿童还是成年人）中都有丰富的工作经验，并且您必须对语音和语言治疗师的角色有很好的了解。作为Reading的言语和语言治疗专业的学生，​​您将直接从我们对语言学，语言发展，语言病理学和双语论等主题的世界级研究中受益。其他专业领域包括发育性和后天性言语，语言和交流障碍，包括流畅性障碍，失语症，痴呆症，自闭症谱系障碍，威廉姆斯综合症，唐氏综合症，特定语言障碍和吞咽困难。
This course combines theoretical knowledge with clinical practice and you will gain hands-on experience right from the start.As a speech and language therapy student at Reading, you will benefit directly from our world-class research into subjects, such as linguistics, language development, language pathology, and bilingualism. Other areas of specialism comprise developmental and acquired speech, language and communication disorders, including fluency disorders, aphasia, dementia, autism spectrum disorders, Williams syndrome, Down syndrome, Developmental Language Disorder and dysphagia, speech sound disorder, stammering and dysphagia.<br><br>Your tutors will use a variety of teaching methods, including standard lectures, small group tutorials and seminars, observation clinics, problem based learning, online screencasts, and practical sessions.<br><br>As part of the programme, you will undertake a clinical placement and spend approximately 600 hours over 2 years in different clinical settings, including schools, hospitals, community clinics, private and voluntary sector. Professional speech and language therapists will act as your practice educators.